Ancient receiver

[Dckt19]

Hello
I couldn't find any info online so I was wondering if anyone has heard of this model of receiver. It looks too far gone for anything but the tip.
Shame though it is a kenwood.
Thankyou, sorry if this is a nuisance.

 

[Beatnik]

I'm ancient !

 

[Rey1]

It's lit up, so it may work fine. Dust is usually not a problem.

 

[grillebilly]

It's rare!!
I have an Orion Blue Book that lists models back to 1970 and they don't have any with an ST prefix.

 

[Beatnik]

I know I've seen discussion here somewhere on Kenwood consoles.

 

[Dckt19]

Thanks for replying, people.
I took it out of the cabinet as the turntable was missing anyway.
I guess I could build a box for it and puzzle out what sockets do what. The back has no plate saying what does what.
Shes kind of good looking but filthy ha ha.

 

[Lavane]

Look on the bottom. Some older equipment would have all the inputs and speaker terminals printed on the bottom of the chassis. It shouldn't be too hard to figure out. As for cleaning it, a can of compressed air and a narrow soft paint push should work. It does for me.

 

[tarior]

The receiver and cabinet are pretty cool, and rare as hen's teeth.

 

[Dckt19]

Does anyone know why these cabinet units are rare?Not many made? Expensive at the time? I'll hang onto it if it's that scarce. Glad i didn't bin it. Maybe I can do something with it.
Thanks for replies.

 

[tarior]

Probably both, not many made, and probably expensive at the time. Consoles like that were largely the domain of domestic brands.

 

[Dckt19]

I'd never heard of quadraphonic until I googled the markings on this receiver. Well maybe I heard of it in passing but never bothered finding out what it is.
Sounds like a 70s audio version of sacd. Hi tech, not many takers.

 

[tarior]

One of the major problems with quad was the lack of a standard format. The other was cost.

 

[Dckt19]

I tried the tuner and it works. I noticed part of the panel wasnt lighting up, checked and some globes are blown, strangest globes I ever did see mounted in these rubber boot things.

 

[Dswankey]

Based on your avatar and that you're not going to "Bin it" makes me think you are in England?

If so I'm wondering if that unit was specific to the Euro and or British market

 

[Lavane]

Some of the consoles with higher end equipment in them are known as captain, or commander's consoles. Military officers, since they made more money than the inlisted, would pick out the equipment and speakers they wanted and a cabinet shop, usually in Japan, would build custom consoles to house the equipment.

 

[Dckt19]

Based on your avatar and that you're not going to "Bin it" makes me think you are in England?

If so I'm wondering if that unit was specific to the Euro and or British market

I'm Australian. A Scottish mate put me onto Tenents lager.
Lord knows where this unit came from. A guy at my work gave it to me.

 

[Dswankey]

^ Australia! ok I wasn't too far off,

Seriously though, now that has me thinking it was manufactured for the Asian market as opposed to the Euro or N. American markets. The reason I'm mentioning this is that I doubt too many folks here would be familiar with it.

 

[Dswankey]

I might add there is a dedicated Kenwood sub forum here at AK and seeing as you thread title make no mention of Kenwood you might want to try there with a new thread.

https://www.audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?forums/kenwood-trio-kensonic-accuphase.168/

 

[Dckt19]

I might add there is a dedicated Kenwood sub forum here at AK and seeing as you thread title make no mention of Kenwood you might want to try there with a new thread.

https://www.audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?forums/kenwood-trio-kensonic-accuphase.168/

Thanks for the tip, I've made a post there.

 

[Skywatcher]

I tried the tuner and it works. I noticed part of the panel wasnt lighting up, checked and some globes are blown, strangest globes I ever did see mounted in these rubber boot things.View attachment 2112421

Sansui used the same bulbs in a few units. The rubber/bulb comes off the pins, then you can remove the bulbs by fishing the leads out of the pin holes. They are just a friction fit. Depending on the voltage, I use wedge LEDs, remove the base by bending the leads, then insert them into the rubber holder like the original bulbs, and viola!